Media Days upon us

Anthony Dasher

Managing Editor

It's official - the college football season is almost here.

Can't you smell it?

Wednesday in Hoover, Ala. at the expansive Wynfrey Hotel, approximately 1,000 media types will swarm like flies at a picnic, anxious to gobble every little tidbit of information that emanates from the mouths of the league's 12 head coaches and the 36 players who will be on hand to conduct the myriad of interviews, both print and television alike.

Richt's first order of business will be to sit down with beat writers early in the morning, before making his way to the main conference room where he'll be greeted by 500 or so scribes, at least one of whom is certain to ask the proverbial "hot seat" question, which is sure to follow Richt throughout his approximate four-hour stay.

You want drama? There will be plenty of that with all the recent scandals that have rocked the college football world.

Will South Carolina be the pick to repeat as East champs? Will Alabama roll? The league's "experts" will have their say when the preseason All-SEC team and league predictions will be announced Friday morning.